Hershey Community Center Building


Hershey Community Center Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Hershey Community Center Building, November 2011
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Location	2 Chocolate Ave., Hershey, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°17′7″N 76°38′56″W / 40.28528°N 76.64889°W / 40.28528; -76.64889Coordinates: 40°17′7″N 76°38′56″W / 40.28528°N 76.64889°W / 40.28528; -76.64889
Area	2.6 acres (1.1 ha)
Built	1932-1933
Architectural style	Mission/spanish Revival
NRHP Reference #	80003483^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1980

Hershey Community Center Building is a historic building located at Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was designed by noted architect Paul Philippe Cret (1876-1945), under a general plan by Milton S. Hershey (1857-1945), and built in 1932-1933. Plans for a community theater and center were originally drawn-up by C. Emlen Urban in 1915. It is a five story building, encompassing 190,699 square feet. It is shaped like a distended "E," with an open court in the front center and sun porches on three sides. The building is faced in Indiana limestone. The building houses a large theater (51,525 square feet) and small theater (5,535 square feet), along with a variety of recreational facilities including a gymnasium, swimming pool, game rooms, locker rooms, and showers. The building also houses a library (6,640 square feet) and dormitories (15,970 square feet).^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes R.D. Foster (March 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hershey Community Center Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-12.

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